The block code has 32bit cleanness problems with the iterator. This prevents things like partitioning a 32GB volume on a 32bit system. I hit this with a volume of exactly 32GB in size (easy to duplicate with virtual machines). Tracing at step by step through the kernel I found the problem lines in blkdev_read_iter which truncates the size value into a 32bit value when setting up the iterator. The hack below if applied "fixes" this and I think demonstrates that this is the problem spot. What I'm less clear on is what the correct fix for this should be. diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c index 6d72746..3792406 100644 --- a/fs/block_dev.c +++ b/fs/block_dev.c @@ -1603,6 +1603,9 @@ static ssize_t blkdev_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to) size -= pos; iov_iter_truncate(to, size); + /* Fix up for 32bit boxes for now */ + if (to->count < size) + to->count = size; return generic_file_read_iter(iocb, to); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
